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YouTube1 reviewerYouTube· 1–2 years in · 2 weeks ago
Online & microtasks
AI data labeling & training
You label data and rate AI responses to help train models, through platforms like Outlier and Appen. It's remote, flexible, and paid per task or hourly.
4.3Last review 2 weeks agoLow data
Low data. These numbers come from just 2 reviews, so treat them as an early signal, not a reliable average — they'll sharpen as more people report.
Median monthly earnings
$2,313
Middle 50%: $375 – $4,250
Effective hourly
$147.92
Earnings over the hours people logged
Hours per week
5 hrs
Median across reviews
Startup cost
Under $100
To get up and running
Time to first $100
1–4 weeks
From starting out
Monthly expenses
$50–150
To keep it running
Schedule flexibility
Mostly flexible
Most common answer
Would recommend it
100%
2 of 2 say yes or probably yes
What people make in a month
Gross earnings people entered themselves, before expenses and taxes. 2 reviews.
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Under $100
$100–250
$250–500
$500–1,000
$1,000–2,000
$2,000–3,500
$3,500–5,000
$5,000–10,000
$10,000+
By platform
How many reviewers use each platform. Many people work more than one.
YouTubeHow it scores
Happiness8.5 / 10
Would do it again100%
Schedule flexibility4.0 / 5
Pay predictability1.6 / 5
What surprised people most
Every option reviewers could pick, most common first. 2 reviews.
How much I could earn
1
How much time it takes
1
How difficult it is to find customers or clients
1
How little I could earn
0
How difficult it is to get started
0
Taxes — how much I owe
0
Unexpected expenses
0
How competitive the market is
0
Nothing really surprised me
0
Reviews
Everyone here is anonymous. Nobody sees who wrote what.YouTube· 1–2 years in · 2 weeks agoMonthly $250–500Hours 20–40 hrs/moHourly $12.50
It gets me closer to building something I can call my own
· 6–12 months in · 2 weeks ago
Monthly $3,500–5,000Hours 10–20 hrs/moHourly $283.33
Very unpredictable and at times really demanding. Expect very hot and cold, to be dropped for no reason very suddenly, immediately, even when in the middle a project or sentence. More predictable and steady.
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